![]() They are extremely noisy and are unsuitable for anyone with close neighbours. It's worth noting that the most rescued birds are Cockatoo's by a very large margin. They are not a beginners bird and if they are not given the right conditions they will start plucking. They are not really known for their talking ability but they will learn a few words however, they can easily be taught tricks and they love interactive toys, these will keep them occupied for ages. As with all Cockatoo's they need a routine from day one, without this routine they will quickly resort to screaming for attention. They are also very destructive and need to be given lots of fresh branches to chew, and toys to play with, to keep them occupied. Pet potential: Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are highly intelligent birds and they require much attention from their owners. The only difference with the sexes is the iris's of the male are blackish brown and the iris's of the female are reddish brown, though all immature birds have brown iris's. Their legs and feet are a dark grey and their bill is blackish. Their under wing coverts and under tail coverts are white washed with yellow, and the base of their throat and their cheek feathers are yellowish The skin to their periophthalmic ring is whitish, occasionally with a very faint blue tinge. Their ear coverts are pale yellow, and their crest is also yellow. The Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoo is predominantly white. ![]() The young will start to leave the nest at around 10 weeks, their parents will continue to feed the young until they are fully weaned at around 12-13 weeks. A normal clutch is 2, occasionally 3, eggs. They nest in hollows in tall trees, normally near water. They also regularly visit cultivated areas where they cause considerable damage to farmers crops. Their diet consists of seeds, fruit, berries, nuts, buds, flowers as well as insects and their larvae. They tend to roost in tall trees on the forest edge and at dawn they can be heard screeching loudly as they fly off to the nearest water. They can normally be seen in pairs or small flocks and, occasionally, in larger flocks near fruiting trees. Those canyons do have a way of working magic.Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoos seem to be happy anywhere where there are trees, from forests and open woodland to partially cleared areas and arid areas with stands of trees. And who knows? Maybe the peace of the clear skies will seep into him, and he’ll decide being a country bumpkin might not be such a bad idea after all. But he’s very smart, very good-looking, and on the lookout for a home. Sunshine loves to scream and is just a bit unruly. So now he rejoices in picking up sticks with his beak and running at Seppi! This makes our usually brave Seppi hightail it into his cage to hide. He found out that Seppi, a much larger parrot, is scared of sticks. However … he doesn’t seem too impressed by how tough the Feathered Friends neighborhood is. And at last, he’s landed! Teasing another parrot Then Best Friends sent someone to Boston to bring him to his new country "home between homes" at the sanctuary. Then, a generous Best Friends member (though that’s redundant!) donated frequent flyer miles. First, Foster Parrots in Boston held him and got all of his health certificates together for traveling. Parrot's journey to the Sanctuaryīest Friends accepted the medium sulfur-crested cockatoo, but getting him here took a lot of teamwork. The family really loved him, and so they agreed. Parrots are so active and curious that when a friend came over and noticed how confined he was, she felt terrible for the guy and offered to try to find him a better place. Sunshine’s little corner of it was just as cramped as could be. He was well-loved by his family, but the truth was, the apartment was barely large enough for the family to live in comfortably. Before this, he was living in a Boston housing project. The country and the canyons sure must seem strange to a city slicker like Sunshine. ![]() Does anyone get the feeling that Sunshine, the new cockatoo at Best Friends, thinks the folks and animals here are all a bunch of country bumpkins? "Yeah, and he’s in the know!" laughed a bird staffer.
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